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HebrewH7158Noun

קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר

qir.yat san.nah

5Occurrences
H7158Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kirjath-Sannah or Kirjath-Sepher, a place in Palestine

or קִרְיַת סֵפֶר; from H7151 (קִרְיָה) and a simpler feminine from the same as H5577 (סַנְסִן), or (for the latter name) H5612 (סֵפֶר); city of branches, or of a book;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Kirjath-sepher or Kirjath-sannah = "city of the book" a town in the mountains of Judah to the west of Hebron Another name of de.vir (*דְּבִיר *"Debir" H1688A)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

קִרְיַת־סֵ֫פֶר appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
Judges
2

Key Passages

Judges 1:11BSB

From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

Judges 1:12BSB

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

Joshua 15:15BSB

From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).

Joshua 15:16BSB

And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”

Joshua 15:49BSB

Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir),

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